Download or read book Chemical Bonding in Solids written by Jeremy K. Burdett and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1995 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemical Bonding in Solids examines how atoms in solids are bound together and how this determines the structure and properties of materials. Over the years, diverse concepts have come from many areas of chemistry, physics, and materials science, but often these ideas have remained largely within the area where they originated. One of the goals of this text is to bring some of these ideas together and show how a broader picture exists once some of the prejudices which isolate one area from another are removed. This book will be ideal for students taking courses in solid state chemistry, materials chemistry, and solid state physics.